-point size. Double the spacing of the entire research paper, even the works cited page. Leave a space after periods and other punctuation marks, unless your instructor asks you to leave two spaces. These guidelines come from the MLA Style Center webpage “Formatting a Research Paper.” The most recent MLA style guide requires italics on the source of the work cited in this case, Wikipedia, and capitalization of titles and proper names. You should also write the full name of the work rather than an abbreviation. Use this template for an MLA citation: “Article Title.” Note: For your works cited list, all citations must be double-spaced and indented. A hanging indent means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation must be indented. Wikipedia is free, non-profit, and has been around for over two decades, making it a success story on the internet. At a time when it is increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction. MLA formatting rules. The sources page is called the works cited page. It appears at the end of the document, after any endnotes. The entire article is double-spaced, including blocks and references on the works cited page. block es for ations of four or more lines. Do not write or paraphrase the Wikipedia entry in your article, but check the Reference section of the entry to find links to more authoritative sources. And be sure to find and read these sources to verify the facts, figures, and viewpoints they present. But, of course, there are times when citing a Wikipedia entry itself is appropriate. Start the works cited list on a new page after the text. Name it Works Cited and center the section label in bold at the top of the page. Arrange the reference list alphabetically by the author's last name. Double the spacing of the entire list within and between entries. Apply a hanging indent. at each entry. Otherwise, put “nd” in parentheses immediately after the title. Put a period after the date. Write “In Wikipedia,” where the word “Wikipedia” is italicized. Put a period after this part. Write the retrieval date or the date you last accessed the item. Use the format “month, date, year” after the word.